The illumination of conscience has been prophesied by various, saints, mystics, and seers to happen to us any time now like a mini-judgment to wake us to God's mercy. Once you realize that God knows everything about us and that his judgment is absolutely just, we only need to do his will on our own and not worry about anyone or anything else anymore. Each of us trusting and obeying him is all he asks for!
Friday, August 14, 2020
***God's Intention on Marriage
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 19, Jesus said to the Pharisees who came to test him, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall became one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery." His disciples, said to him, "If this is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." He answered, "Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven."
It is absolutely clear that God has intended marriage to be between a man and a woman only, and that marriage is not intended for everyone. To go against God's intention is to create disorder.
*How to Start Living Right
Today's Gospel acclamation, 1 Thessalonians 2.13: Receive the word of God not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God. It is only by the word of God that we can know the truth and not be deceived by the word of men. Otherwise, we easily become lost in this world. Start with God to know how to live right and forever.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
*****Most Beautiful Union
We need to become one with Christ as he is one with the Father. Then we can pray to the Father as he prays to the Father. What a beautiful thing to know the Lord and become of one heart and one mind with him!
***Best Way to Overcome Evil
This morning the Lord made me see clearly the world we are in and the kingdom of God. The world is an evil place where many sinners have sided with Satan. It's in utter disorder and chaos because they have rebelled against God. Those who seek refuge in the Lord know that he has freed them from evil and that they have entered the kingdom of God. What they should do at this time is to trust in God and seek to become one with him evermore. He is our beginning and our end. It is his wish that we obey him completely and there is never a more challenging and appropriate time than now to surrender ourselves to him! This is in fact the best way to fight evil. Once we are one with the Lord, we'll know what he wants us to do and this is all that matters for mankind.
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
To Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Today is the Memorial of Saint Clare. In the Gospel reading from Matthew 18, the disciples asked Jesus, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?" Jesus called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, "Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven." What I see is that to become like children, we only need to imitate the Lord in every way. Since he is the most humble of all, we'll become humble too.
*Advice for the College-Bound
My oldest grandson is getting ready to leave home for college. I have many thoughts to share with him. Actually, whatever advice I have for him is also good for everyone, myself included. Of course, if one knows Christ well, he can learn everything from the Lord directly. Anyway, here I give a short list that pretty much covers the important things.
- Honor your father and mother always, even if they and your relationship with them are not perfect. Don't wait until you are a parent yourself and realize that children should honor this one of the Ten Commandments of God.
- Do not not anything to be popular. Do it only if it is right and pleases and honors God.
- Do not do anything no matter how much pleasure it can give you if you know that you will regret doing it afterwards. Know the consequences of your action.
- Have the courage to say no if others are wrong. (Stand up for God.)
- Talk to God about everything, attend Mass faithfully, and go to confession as soon as the need arises. Saving your soul comes before grades and everything else.
- Learn everything not for yourself, but for the purpose of honoring God.
- Last, as you'll be reading so many new books, do not neglect reading the Gospels regularly.
It would be most tragic to gain fours years of worldly knowledge and lose you most precious faith in God.
**Surrender Your Life to Jesus Prayer
Here is the text to Fr. Mark Goring's Surrender Your Life to Jesus prayer which he said in his video today. A simple, straight, basic prayer good for all Christians to say often.
Lord Jesus Christ, today I ask you to be my Savior and my Lord. Lord Jesus, today I surrender my life to you. Lord Jesus, I beg you to please have mercy on me because I am a sinner and I have offended you in so many ways. Lord Jesus, I am sorry for all the ways that I have sinned against you. Lord Jesus, I beg you through the power of your most precious blood to please forgive me all of my sins, all the sins of my whole life. Lord Jesus, through your most precious blood wash me clean and make me new. Lord Jesus, I thank you for your redeeming love on the cross. Lord Jesus, today I give my life to you, I give you my heart, and I ask you Lord to come into my heart to be the center of my life. Lord Jesus, from now on I only want to do your will. Lord Jesus, I beg you to fill me with the Holy Spirit you promised you would clothe your disciples with power from on high. Lord Jesus, please fill me with the power of the Holy Spirit, help me Lord Jesus to love my Father in heaven, to know God the Father and to be a good child of my loving Father. Help me to walk in your ways, help me to be holy, help me to be pure, help me to love others, and help me to do your will. Lord Jesus, I will follow you all the days of my life. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen.
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